water hyacinth
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water hyacinth
Noun
water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)
- Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
- especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.
Translations
aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia
References
water hyacinth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pontederia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - “water hyacinth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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